Portuguese · Festa de anos
You arrive at a birthday party at a play centre: whose party is it: what to say in Portuguese
You've come to a birthday party at an entertainment centre, and at the entrance they ask whose party it is.
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How it's done. A child's birthday party (festa de anos) in Portugal is often held not at home but in a play room with slides and trampolines.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Boa tarde! Vieram para a festa de anos?BOH-uh tahrd! Vee-EH-row pruh uh FESH-tuh d AH-noosh?
Good afternoon! Have you come for the birthday party?
They might also say:
Olá! Vieram para o aniversário?
Oh-LAH! Vee-EH-row pruh oo uh-nee-vehr-SAH-ree-oo?
Hello! Have you come for the birthday?
Bem-vindos! Qual é a festa?
Bigh-VEEN-doosh! Kwahl eh uh FESH-tuh?
Welcome! Which party is it?
YOU REPLY
Viemos para a festa do Tomás.
Vee-EH-moosh pruh uh FESH-tuh doo Too-MAHSH.
We've come for Tomás's party.
THEY SAY
A festa é na sala dois.Uh FESH-tuh eh nuh SAH-luh doysh.
The party is in room two.
They might also say:
Entrem, é ali ao fundo.
AYN-trayn, eh uh-LEE ow FOON-doo.
Come in, it's over there at the back.
Os meninos já estão a brincar.
Oozh mih-NEE-noosh zhah shtow uh brihn-KAHR.
The children are already playing.
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YOU FINISH
Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you very much!
Or say:Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Portuguese for life in Portugal”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Boa
BOH-uh
adjective
good (feminine)
tarde
tahrd
noun
afternoon
Vieram
Vee-EH-row
verb
they came
festa
FESH-tuh
noun
party
anos
AH-noosh
noun
years
Viemos
Vee-EH-moosh
verb
we came
11 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Desculpe, não percebi.
Dish-KOOLP, now pir-sih-BEE.
Sorry, I didn't understand.
Pode falar mais devagar, por favor?
Pod fuh-LAHR mighzh dvuh-GAHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Similar situations
Wish the birthday child well (Parabéns) and hand over a presentFesta de anos · A1 in the app
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→"I'm nearby, call me if anything happens"Festa de anos · A1 in the app
→The host talks about the cake and juice and asks about allergiesFesta de anos · A2 in the app
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